The Nigerian Army has refuted the claim by organised labour that soldiers have surrounded the venue of the ongoing negotiation meeting on the new minimum wage for workers. The leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) are currently meeting with the federal government representatives...
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The organised labour, under the auspices of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Monday, barricaded the Plateau Government Secretariat, over the ongoing workers’ strike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the organised labour declared the industrial action after months of...
In a bid to stop the ongoing strike by organized labour, the Federal Government, through the National Salaries Wages and Income Commission, has extended an invitation to the leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC). However, it is not yet clear if the Labour...
Workers in Bauchi, Borno and Yobe on Monday joined the nationwide strike embarked by the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who monitored the strike in Bauchi, Damaturu and Maiduguri report that government offices, schools and...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the “labour union has shut down” the national grid, resulting in a blackout nationwide. The national grid shut down occured at about 2.19 am on 3rd June 2024. Recall that a last minute attempt by National Assembly leadership to stop the protest...
The Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria has urged workers’ unions to re-negotiate with the government on new minimum wage rather than embarking on industrial action. The National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Mr Obiora Ifoh, made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
After a four-hour meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly on Sunday evening in Abuja, the leadership of the Organised Labour says there is no going back on the nationwide industrial action slated to start on Monday, June 3, 2024. “For now, we don’t have the power...
The leadership of the National Assembly and Organised Labour made up of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and Trade Union Congress (TUC), are currently in a crucial meeting ostensibly to forestall a nationwide strike on Monday. Also in attendance are some ministers and the Secretary to the Government of...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has appealed to the organised labour to consider students sitting for West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, as it plans an indefinite strike. The Head of National Office of WAEC, Dr Amos Dangut, made the appeal in an interview with the News...
Senate has urged the Federal Government to continue the payment of N35,000 wage award to workers, following the yet to be concluded negotiations on minimum wage. President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio said this at the end of a four hour closed door meeting with leadership of the Nigeria...
The Construction and Civil Engineering Senior Staff Association (CCESSA) and National Union of Civil Engineering Construction Furniture and Wood Workers (NUCECFWW), have threatened to stop work on major roads due to some crises. The unions affiliated to the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and the Nigeria...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared a nationwide strike beginning from Monday, June 3rd, 2024 over the tripartite committee’s inability to agree on a new minimum wage and hike in electricity tariff. The President of the TUC Festus Osifo announced the strike...
The Labour Party (LP) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu not to renege on his promise to give Nigerian workers a living wage. Deputy National Chairman of the party, Dr Ayo Olorunfemi, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in...
The Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has again rejected the Federal Government’s new offer of ₦57,000 minimum wage. The Organised Labour rejected the government’s fresh offer, the third proposal in about a week when negotiation talks resumed on Wednesday....
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has said that it would not hesitate to invoke relevant sections of the organisation’s regulations to sanction Turkish Airlines over mistreatment of Nigerian passengers. NCAA’s Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mr Michael Achimugu, disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos....
The Federal Government has proposed to pay N54,000 as minimum wage, as the Tripartite Committee on the New Minimum Wage returned to the negotiation table after the Organised Labour pulled out of the negotiations last week. At the reconvened meeting this week, the Federal Government made a...
The Organised Labour has reiterated its May 31 ultimatum for the Federal Government to finalise the new national minimum wage fixing process for workers. The position was contained in a communique issued at the end of a joint emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Nigeria Labour...
The Organised Labour has agreed to attend the ”negotiation” meeting of Tripartite Committee on the Minimum Wage slated for Tuesday. The Vice President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Mr Etim Okon, gave the confirmation in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja....
The Nigeria Labour Congress, the umbrella labour union in Nigeria, has lost its way and its soul. There’s an Igbo proverb that goes something like this: if you pin the strong man to the ground without getting his machete, can you get it back when he’s upstanding? Yet...
The Organised Labour has frowned at the Federal Government’s plan to utilise the N19.66 trillion pension funds for infrastructure development. This is contained in a joint letter signed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), which was addressed to the Minister of Finance...